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I thought you might be interested in information about workshops I’ll be teaching over the next few months.
I’ll also have the studio open on the evenings of August 28 & 29 during a building-wide Open Studio event and will have stationery for sale. (This is a great chance to visit studios all over the Nicholas Building. Lots have incredible views!)
Thank you!
Carolyn x
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Letterpress workshops at Idlewild Press
Learn how to set and print metal type on both a cylinder proof press and a hand-fed platen press. We’ll cover the minutiae of handsetting, locking up and makeready. You’ll leave knowing how to recognise a tight tympan, how to check roller height and all about the finer points of good inking. You’ll learn how to feed the press, maintain ink levels, avoid offset and maintain registration. You’ll learn how to make a good impression.
Dates:
August 16 & 17, 2008
September 27 & 28, 2008
October 25 & 26, 2008
Time: 10am – 5pm.
Location: Sixth floor, Room 10
Nicholas Building
37 Swanston Street
Melbourne 3000.
Instructor: Carolyn Fraser. Press maven since 1996. Shipped a 20-foot container of equipment from the US in 2005 before settling in the Nicholas Building, breaking the freight elevator in the process. Her books are collected by national and international institutions including the State Library of Victoria and the New York Public Library. She has taught letterpress and bookmaking at the San Francisco Center for the Book, the Cleveland Institute of Art and Monash University.
Cost: $400. Includes all materials.
Maximum four students per workshop.
Please call or e-mail Carolyn for more information or to reserve a place: 0401 409 325 or frontdesk@idlewildpress.com. On enrollment, Carolyn will contact you to discuss a project you’d like to complete during the workshop and will arrange appropriate materials.